Thursday, March 26 2009
Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)
Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.
Thursday, October 16 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3
Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.
Friday, April 14 2006
Lonesome Jim (2006)
Anika (Liv Tyler) is either an earthbound guardian angel or the Midwest's most voluptuously lipped stalker.
Thursday, July 7 2005
Starting Over (1979)
Starting Over captures the sting of loving someone despite knowing he is going to break your heart.
Wednesday, February 2 2005
Silver City (2004)
Dickie Pilager embodies U.S. political-corporate mythology, the 'shining city on a hill' reduced to basic elements.
Monday, December 6 2004
Smooth Talk (1985)
As he inhabits a movie based on a Joyce Carol Oates short story, Arnold is all kinds of metaphor.
Friday, September 17 2004
Silver City (2004)
It's easy to make assumptions about a political candidate named Dickie Pilager.
Thursday, September 26 2002
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
I won't tell you how it ends, but note the film's title is 'not' 'New York State of Mind.'"
Friday, October 29 1999
Being John Malkovich
The new movie Being John Malkovich is about celebrity culture, as it inspires, frustrates and pummels you into such desire. It offers its protagonists and you the chance to imagine being a celebrity, with one small hitch: the only celebrity you can be is John Malkovich.
